Judith and her maid hide Holofernes' head
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| Caption | Judith and her maid hide Holofernes' head. Woodcut. Bible. Apocrypha. Book of Judith. Judith, a beautiful Judean widow, infiltrates the camp of the Assyrian army that is besieging her city and seduces the chief captain, Holofernes. She beheads him after he has collapsed into a drunken sleep. Beheading. Deception. Women in Judaism. Household employees. Soldiers. Armies. Seduction. Sex in the Bible. Camps. Heroines in literature. Women heroes. Judith (Biblical figure). Holofernes (Biblical figure). Work ID: vtdfyncy. |
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| Creator | see caption |
| Artwork medium | woodcut |
| Credit | Wellcome Collection |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) |
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